NUTS-3 CH055 · Switzerland
Population
540,0362025
GDP
€45,972M2022
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3.3%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
84.8%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
2,038.1 km²
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CH055
Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores
Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure
77.2
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
80.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
70.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
66.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
71.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
60.8
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€85,128
Population density
265 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
All indicators · 52 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€43,183M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€308M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€13,085M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€7,962M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,888M
Labour market
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
86.0%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
5.4%
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
164
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
339 /M
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.5%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
40.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
44.4%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
24.4%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
23.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
10.6%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
100.0%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,619,737
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
589 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
3,010
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
557
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
55
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
351,708
Population aged 65+
105,372
Population aged under 15
82,956
Median age of population
42.3 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
30.0%
Crude rate of total population change
9.2 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.2 /1k
Crude birth rate
9.1 /1k
Crude death rate
8.2 /1k
Live births
4,918
Deaths
4,395
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
53.5%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.39
Population density (persons per km²)
276 /km²
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
16.2%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
83.9 yrs
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
489 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
861 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
192 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.8 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
18.5 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
355 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,474 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
34 /M
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
1,163 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
149 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
24 days/yr